Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1948

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ زِيَادَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ، أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ الرَّاكِبُ خَلْفَ الْجَنَازَةِ وَالْمَاشِي حَيْثُ شَاءَ مِنْهَا وَالطِّفْلُ يُصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Isma‘il ibn Mas‘ud narrated to us, saying: Khalid narrated to us, saying: Sa‘id ibn ‘Ubayd Allah narrated to us, saying: I heard Ziyad ibn Jubayr relate from his father, from al-Mughirah ibn Shu‘bah, who mentioned that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: ‘The rider should be behind the funeral bier; the person walking may walk wherever he wishes alongside it; and the funeral prayer should be offered over a child.’